RWBY and JNPR's twisted lives
chapter 10
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At Beacon, we see Ozpin and Glynda looking out the window as squads of airships were flying by with a large one coming in close for a landing.
"Ironwood certainly likes bringing his work with him." Glynda spoke with her arms crossed.
"Well, running an academy and military makes him a busy man." responded Ozpin. "But yes those certainly are a bit of an eyesore."
The sound from the door beeped to show someone had arrived. "Come in."
The door slid opened and a man with black hair and wearing a white military uniform that showed his rank walked in. "Ozpin."
"Hello general." Ozpin greeted.
"Please, drop the formalities." he chuckled. "It's been too long. And Glynda, it has certainly been too long."
"Oh James." greeted Glynda before turning to Ozpin. "I'll be outside." the huntress walked passed the general..
"Well she hasn't changed much." remarked James.
"So what in the world brings you all the way from Atlas?" Ozpin went to pour them some coffee. "Headmasters don't usually shall travel with their students for the Vital Festival."
"Well you know how much I love Vale this time of year." he replied accepting the cup. "Besides, since you're hosting I figured we could use this time to talk."
"I can certainly appreciate policy time to catch up with old friends." smiled Ozpin sitting behind his desk. "However, the small fleet outside my window has me concerned."
"You know perfectly well why I brought them Oz." Ironwood stated with a serious tone.
"Because it's been harder to get supplies to and fro, correct?" questioned Ozpin.
"Well that has made us concerned, but I mean the real reason."
"We are in a time of peace, shows of power like this will make people upset."
"But if what Qrow said is true-"
"I have it covered." Ozpin spoke then brought out his scroll. "Take a look at this live feed from the emerald forest, try and tell me you don't see potential in them."
Ozpin placed the scroll on the desk and both watched teams RWBY and JNPR in action against a hoard of Grimm in the emerald forest.
"Eat this punk!" Yang shouted throwing a punch at a Beowolf. It was sent flying through the air before getting cut up by Ruby as she used her scythe to swing on a branch.
"Nice one Yang! Blake watch your rear!"
Blake rolled out of the way from a Beowolf and swung her katana up before making a deep cut in its neck. "These thing are relentless."
"And annoying." spoke Weiss who sent red Dust at several, managing to burn some of them.
"Weiss, you're wasting precious time and Dust." Ruby reprimanded. "I told you, make the kills with single shots."
"Hard to do when they won't sit still." she replied running over and stabbing one that stayed standing before pulling her blade out as it fell down.
Ruby turned up at the sound of flapping. "Incoming Nevermore!"
They looked up and saw the flying Grimm, but it was redirected away from them by a spear getting stuck in its neck before a hail of grenades hit it on the side.
"Looks like Team JNPR's here." Yang punched a Beowolf in the head, splattering it's brains across the ground.
The Nevermore was still living and tried moving towards Team RWBY, but found itself feeling electricity through its back as Jaune jumped on it while stabbing the blade in its spine. It's lifeless body plummeted to the ground and crushed a small number of the Grimm.
"Woah! Hey Pyrrha, you were right about the modifications to my sword!"
"Just a small container of lightning Dust, and even the smallest of weapons can be deadly." she replied running up with Nora.
Ren jumped down from the tree's shooting a rather bold Beowolf before giving frantic hand signals.
"Uh oh." Nora spoke with a worried tone.
"What is it?" asked Blake.
"More Beowolf's, lots. And we're low on ammo."
"How many?" Ruby asked.
Ren made several more hand signals while tapping the tree's bark.
"At least twenty five or more."
Ruby smirked. "That all? You guys just sit back, I still got one clip left."
"One clip? That's not nearly enough." spoke Pyrrha.
"It's all I need to get the job done." she went off
"Should we follow?" Blake asked turning to Yang.
"Only if you don't wanna watch the bloodbath." Yang shook her head before running after her sister.
Ruby grinned as she spotted the pack running out into a clearing at her and made sure her clip was loaded into her weapon. This one had four arrows with a black circle in the middle.
The two teams ran up and were ready to fight until Yang stopped them. "Trust me guys, you so do not want to go out there."
The Beowolfs snarled as they spread out to try and surround Ruby.
"No you don't." Ruby blasted off, rocketing towards the creatures. She angled her scythe and started spinning just as she flew past some of the Grimm's heads. One by one she started mowing them down.
Heads dropped as some of them tried swiping at her. Grimm were sliced clean in half horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.
Ruby grinned through it all as limbs went flying then shot at the last one down the middle before standing up, bullet casings raining around her.
"See?" spoke Yang gesturing to the scene.
"I almost keep forgetting how sadistic your sister is, I kinda like it." said Nora.
"Now all I need is an explosion behind me, a tiger, and a sexy lady, and I could nail it in a movie!" Ruby called out before snickering
Unknown to either team, they were being watched.
"See?" smiled Ozpin.
"I know those moves." Ironwood said thoughtfully before horrifying realization slapped him in the face. "Good god Ozpin, don't tell me she's-"
"A pupil of our mutual friend." Ozpin said.
"Ozpin, has all that coffee gone to your head? He's insane! And if she's anything like him, than you know it won't take much before she snaps!" Ironwood exclaims.
"I am fully aware, but so far there have been no problems with her on school grounds other than minor scratches and bruises."
Ironwood groaned while putting a hand over his face.
"Relax," Ozpin took another sip of his coffee "everything's under control."
"I would have stayed relax, but after seeing that, now I'm more on edge than ever." Ironwood pulled out a flask and poured some of the contents into his coffee. He took a big gulp of the coffee and sighed.
"Look James, it's the Vytal festival go enjoy yourself and forget your worries."
"Easy for you to say," Ironwood faced the door. "But ask yourself this: Do you honestly believe your children can win a war?"
"To be honest, I'd rather they never have to worry about that question."
The two teams walked out of the forest, tired from training.
"Oh man. I don't think I have enough strength for making out." panted Nora leaning on Ren.
"Muscles are on fire." Weiss rubbed her arm.
"Come on you pansies! I wanna see you sweat blood!" Ruby called out like a drill sergeant.
"Ruby, not the time." Yang said seriously.
"Sorry." Ruby tapped her fingers noticing Blake nodding absentmindedly while staring off into space. "Uh, Blake? You in there?"
"Mhmm." she replied, not even listening
Ruby smiled as a devious thought entered her mind. "Hey Blake, wanna pose for dirty magazine pictures?" Ruby asked out of nowhere.
"Yeah, sounds fun." she replied, still not listening.
Ruby walked up in front of her and pulled out her scroll. "Okay, strip."
"What!" Blake questioned.
"What? You said you would."
"Ruby!" Yang walked over and grabbed the Scroll. "She's not posing for any dirty magazines."
"Fine. She can pose in the nude just for us when we get back to the room. Happy?"
"Hey guys!" called Sun.
"Hey Sun." greeted Blake.
"Ruby, Yang, Blake... Ice queen."
Weiss huffed at the nickname
Ruby snickered before she walked up. "Hiya Monkey King."
"I was walking by and couldn't help but notice you four and looking a little….sweaty."
"Ruby drags us to the Emerald Forest to fight Grimm for exercise." Weiss informed.
"Just how many did you take out?"
"Three King Taijitu, Two Deathstalkers, four Nevermores, and a whole pack of Beowolves." Ruby said counting on her fingers.
"We tagged along, and now my legs feel like they're on fire." Jaune whined. "I'm about to drop if I don't sit down soon."
"Man up and quit complaining." spoke Ruby. "You gotta push yourself beyond the limit if you wanna get anywhere. But maybe your girlfriend will rub your feet."
Jaune and Pyrrha blinked before the redhead leaned in close to him. "I don't do foot rubs." she whispered so only he could hear while smiling to make it appear like she was being flirty. "But if your shoulders hurt, I can see what I can do."
"Thanks babe." he said out loud and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"So Sun, who is this?" asked Blake looking at the blue haired male next to him.
"This is Neptune, he's one of my teammates." Sun said.
"Sup." nodded the boy.
"So Neptune, where are you from?" asked Weiss.
"From Haven." he approached. Weiss. "And I don't believe I caught your name."
"Uh...It's Weiss Schnee. And yes, like the Schnee Dust company." Weiss rolled her eyes.
"A pleasure to make your acquaintance." he greeted with a smile. "Never met a Schnee before, kinda feels like meeting a famous celebrity."
"I ship you so-o-o hard!" Ruby blurted frantically waving a flag at them.
"Say what?"
"Ignore her." spoke Weiss clamping a hand over Ruby's mouth.
"...Right." Neptune cocked an eyebrow.
"Uh, guys? I gotta go." spoke Blake walking away with a solemn look in her eyes.
"Did I say something wrong?" asked Ruby.
"Women, go figure." Nora shrugged.
Everyone looked at her questioningly.
Later in her team's dorm, Blake thought back to the night she encountered the Blood Fang.
(Flashback)
"I'm sure that after a night of thwarting attempted robbery, you probably just want to go home and take a nap. But, I was hoping that maybe we could have a chance to talk." said Ozpin sitting in an interviewing office with Blake.
"Of course." nodded Blake.
"Wonderful. As you know, in order to enroll at my academy, students must first pass a rigorous entrance exam. Most applicants spend years of preparation training at one of the many combat schools around the world. You are one of the few that did not. And you passed the exam with flying colors."
"I trained outside the kingdom. If you can't fight, you can't survive."
"Well, you have most certainly survived, Blake. I admire your drive. And I am proud to run a school that accepts individuals from all walks of life. Rich, poor, Human…" Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee. "Faunus…"
Blake sends him a glare.
Ozpin set the cup down and looked her dead in the eye. "Why do you wear that bow Blake? Why hide who you are?"
"I have my reasons, sir."
"Does it have something to do with your little…..group?"
Blake could only stare speechlessly.
"Not much is known about you Miss belladonna, and I have a suspicion you'd like to keep it that way.
She just gave a quick nod.
"Very well, thank you for your time."
(End Flashback)
As she finished remembering, her team entered the room.
"Ah, nothing like a shower to make you feel like a new woman." Yang said.
"Yes. Now if Ruby would stop comparing our bodies, it would be a normal one." spoke Weiss who recalled the girl constantly looking back at her form and Yang's.
"You just jealous that my sister's more drop dead sexy."
"And you grabbing my chest had nothing to do with it?" Weiss arched an eyebrow at her leader with her arms crossed.
Blake made for the door to leave until she was stopped by Weiss.
"Stop." spoke the heiress pointing a finger at Blake who stopped before the door. "Lately you've been more antisocial than usual, which I get is your trait, but you made a promise to tell us if there was anything wrong."
Blake looked at Weiss then around to the rest of their team. "I just… don't get how to can be so calm."
"Let me guess, Torchwick?" asked Ruby.
"Not just him, but also the Blood Fang, their raids on dust shops, All of it! Something big is going down and no one's doing anything about it!"
"Uh, hello? Anyone in there?" Ruby walked over and tapped Blake's forehead. "Why do you think we've been training in our free time? For laughs and giggles? I know what you mean. Something fishy is going on, and that's why I want all of us in tip top shape. So whatever happens, we'll fight it and be ready."
"Besides, Ozpin told us not to worry." Yang spoke. "Between the huntsmen and the police, I'm sure they can handle it."
"How do you expect me not to worry? Even with both those factors, I can't stay calm about this." spoke Blake.
"Blake, let me say this. Yes it might seem like something we can't handle is about to come out, but you forget. Each one of us isn't some child. We are warriors in training, who all have a goal to reach. You think whatever is happening will stop that? Torchwick himself got diced up by our leader, twice, and he looked like he was ready to have a heart attack just from the sight of her. Imagine what that tells them. That we won't just roll over and let them slaughter us." spoke Weiss.
"Yeah, what she said." spoke Ruby. "Right now all we can do is wait and hope we're ready the next time he makes his move." Blake was about to speak, but Ruby covered her mouth. "Now stop being such a worry wart, or I'll have no choice but to scratch your ears."
Blake flinched and scooted back. A sudden glint appeared in Ruby's eyes like she was a predator. "Well… we should at least have some sort of plan, right?"
"Already done." Ruby zipped over to her bed and came back with a paper with doodles of all of them in a cartoonish fashion with Torchwick on it, and parts of it made no sense. Such as a large dog head and several cans of whipped cream. "It's just a rough draft, but I think it's simple enough."
"In what world?" Weiss asked with a sweatdrop looking at it.
"Uh, Ruby what happened to your necklace?" asked Yang.
The leader reached for her collar feeling, or rather not feeling, the piece of jewelry and made a gasp throwing her 'plan' in the air. "I left it in the Showers!" She bolted out of the room and went right before realizing someone in front of her and they collided. "Oh, sorry about that."
"It's fine." spoke the girl she ran into. "Just watch where you're going next time, names Emerald."
"I'm Ruby." she turned to the male next to Emerald. "Does that mean your Sapphire?"
"Mercury." he pointed to himself.
"You sure? I'm sure if you dyed your hair more bluish you would make the cut and we'd be like a little gem trio." she grinned.
"You're… not right in the head, are you?" asked Emerald with a raised eyebrow.
"Nope, and proud of it too." she smiled.
"Making new friends already?" asked a girl walking up to them.
"In a way." spoke Emerald. "This is Ruby, Ruby this is Cinder."
"Aloha senorita." greeted Ruby sticking out her tongue. "I take it you're here for the festival?"
"Yes, we're from Haven." Cinder replied.
"Okay, but since we're friends I think I should give you a friendly warning." grinned Ruby.
"And what would that would be?" asked Mercury.
"On the battlefield, my nickname is Bloody Rose and you better give all you got." the silver eyed girl giggled. "Because I won't hesitate to take off a few body parts. okay bye." With that she ran past the three of them with a smile.
"Girl, red hood, psychotic." Mercury listed in a whisper. "Gotta be the one Roman was talking about, right?
"Either that or this place has more than one girl who fits all those traits." spoke Emerald with a rolls of her eyes.
"Not here you two, the walls have ears." Cinder walked on.
Both nodded before following.